7 Plans for the Housing Market

U.S. News & World Report summarizes 7 ways to help the housing market, from government officials, economists, professors and investment specialists. For instance, the plan from R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School, wants to help everyone in the housing market. From the University of Chicago, Luis Zingales proposes that if you live in an area where housing prices have dropped more than 20 percent, you should be able to renegotiate your mortgage easily.